Safety attachment.



W. P. ALDEN.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE s, 1912.

1 ,046,364, Patented Deo. 3, 19412.A

1&77-76 73 al a. Erf-Mm Y Ano/Mfrs WILLJOT PAMTEN ALDE, or PORTLAND,OREGON.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee, s, 1912.

Application filed .Tune 8, 1912. Serial No. 702,489.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, WILLJOT P. ALBEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Safety Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in fasteners, and has for its object theprovision of a simple, inexpensive device of the character specified,especially adapted for safe guarding a watch by attaching it to theclothing, wherein a support is provided for the watch, which will permitthe watch to be taken from the pocket for inspection and returnedwithout releasing the wat-ch from the fastener, or the fastener from theclothing.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of the improved fastener inuse; Fig, 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; F ig. 3 is a frontview of the holding strap extended; Fig. 4 is a front view of the strapfolded; Eig. 5 is a perspective view of the pin; and Eig. 6 is a frontview of a modified forni of snap hook.

The improved fastener comprises a strap 1 having a cutaway or reducedportion 2 at each side edge, extending from near one end to near theother, to form heads 3 and 4, one at each end of the strap. The head 3is provided with a button 5 on its front face, and the head 4 with abutton hole 6. The button is provided with a shank 7, reduced at itsouter end at 8, to pass through an opening' in the head, and the end ofthe reduced portion is offset or headed at 9 to hold the button inplace, the strap being en gaged on one face by the head and on the otherby the annular shoulder formed by reducing the shank. The shank is alsoprovided with a plurality of pairs of parallel longitudinal slots 10,the members of each pair being spaced apart laterally from each other.Two of the pairs are arranged one pair below the other, just below thebutton, and another pair near the center o-f the strap, and another pairis arranged in the head 4, at the outer end thereof, and over similarspaced parallel slots 10a arranged in head 3 .near its upper end. A pinis also provided, (Fig. 5), the said pin being bent from a single pieceof resilient wire. The wire is first bent to form a coil 11, in-

termediate the ends thereof, and the por-` tions 12 and 13 on each sideof the coil are then bent parallel with each other. In the presentconstruction the coil is formed by three turns of t-he wire, and the end12 is sharpened at its free end to form a point 14. The portion 13 isshorter than portion 12, and at the end remote from the coil, the saidportion is bent at right-angles across the portion 12, as shown at 15,and backwardly parallel with the portion on the opposite side of theportion 12, as shown at 16. The portion 16 is of less length than theportion 15, andthe wire is then bent longitudinally beyond the point 14,as shown at 17, then parallel with portion 16, as shown at 18, and thenparallel with portion 17, as shown at 19. The portions 16 1713 and 19form a rectangular frame, for protecting the point, and portions 15 and16 form a catch for the point. The portion 12 of the pin is designed topass through the members of the pairs of slots 10, to hold the strap inposition, and to secure the strap to the clothing. n

In use, the strap is passed through the ring 20 of a watch 21, and thebutton 5 is engaged with the buttonhole 6. Vith reference to Fig. 3 thelower end of the strap is passed through the'ring from the rear to thefront, and the buttonhole is engaged with the but-ton, the button beingthen in front of the doubled strap.

It will be not-ed that the two slots in head 4 are so arranged that whenthe head 4 is superposed on head 3 the said two slots will register withthe two inner slots of the four in head 3. The pin is visible, when thedevice is in place only between the two slots in head 4. The point ofthe pin is passed through the clothing 23 from the rear, that is frominside, through the slot 10a at the right of Fig. 3 from in front of thehead 3, thenV through the next slot lOa'from the rear and also throughthe registering slot 10 of head 4. The point of the pin is now in frontof head 4, and the said point is passed rearwardly through the otherslot 10 of head 4, and through the registering slot of head 3. Thepo-int of the pin is now behind head 3, and the said point is thenpassed through the slot 10a at the left of Eig. 3, and through theclothing 23 from the front, and is then engaged with the cat-ch 15-16. Asecond pin 24, of precisely the sameconstruction may have it's pointpassed through the clothing 23 from ther-ear, through theslot 10 at theholder 26 as shown.

right of thepair at the center of the strap, then from the front throughthe other slot and the clothing to engage with its catch. The strap isthus secured to the clothing both at the end remote from the watch, and

at the end adjacent to the watch.

If desired, the strap may be provided with t-he spring snap hook 25,shown in Fig. 4. The said hook is engaged with the watch ring, and thehook is held to the strap by the The said holder has a transverse slot27 at one end through which the strap is passed, and an o-pening 28 atthe other for engagement by the hoo-k. The strap is secured to theclothing in the same manner as just described.

It will be noticed that the portion 19 of the safety pin is providedwith a. cap or protector 32.

The modified form of snap hook shown in Fig. 6 comprises an opensubstantially rectangular frame 29, and a hook 30 swiveled in a bearing31 at the center of one of the side members of t-he frame. side memberof the frame is adapted to be engaged by the stop, and the snap hook mayY be engaged with the watch.

1. A fastener of the character specified, comprising a st-rap having itsends widened laterallyV at both sides tok form a head at each end, abutton on the face ofone head,

strap to the clothing of the wearer, the

strap having another pair of spaced parallel longitudinal slots adjacentto its center and nearer the button than the buttonhole, a second pinfor engaging the slot to secure the strap to the clothing, a snap hookfor engaging a watch ring, and a holding plat-e hav- The opposite f inga slot at one end for engaging the strap and an opening at the other forengagement by the snap hook.

2. A fastener of the character specied, comprising a strap having itsends widened laterally at both sides to form a head at each end, abutton on the face of one head, the other head having a buttonhole forengaging the button, said strap having four spaced slots in the headprovided with Ythe button at the end thereof, and two slots at the otherend registering with the central slots at the first named end when thebutton is engaged with the hole, a safety pin for engaging the slots atthe ends to secure the strap to the clothing of t-he wearer, the stra-pvhaving another pair of spaced parallel longitudinal slots adjacent toits center and nearer the button than the buttonhole, a second pin forengaging the slot to secure the strap to the clothing, said strap beingadapted to pass through the ring of a watch.

3. A fastener 0f the character specified, comprising a strap having itsends widened laterally at both sides to form a head at each end, abutton on the face of yone head, the other head having a buttonhole forengaging the button, said strap having four spaced slots inthe headprovided with the button at the end thereof, andr two slots at the otherend registering with the central slots at the first named end when thebutton is engaged with the hole, and safety pins engaging the slots toconnect the strap to the clothing.

4. A fastener of the character specified, comprising a strap having itsends widened laterally' at both sides to form a head at each end, abutton on t-he face of one head, the other head having a buttonhole forengaging the button, and pins for connecting the strapv to the clothing,the strap having means at its upper end and near its center forengagement by the pins. Y f

, VILLJOT PAMTEN ALDEN.

Witnesses:

WALDEMAR SETON, M. E. NELSON.

Gop'ies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, byaddressing` the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. l

